Hood lock



J. S. BOOTH HOOD LOCK Filed March 24. 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 J. 5. BOOTH HOOD LOCK s Sheeis-Sheet 2 Filed March 24, 1924 Dec. '16, 1924.

J. S. BOOTH HOOD LOCK Filed March 24,

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Patented Dec. 16, 1924.

UNITED} STATES JAMES son rrrs Boo'r'H, or DETROIT, MICHI AN; 1

HOOD LOCK.

Application filed' March 24, 1924. Serial No. 701,567.

To whom it may concern:

' Be 1t known that'I; JAMES Somrrs Boo'rrr,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hood Locks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hoods for automobiles. It is the object of the invention l 2 lock serves absolutely to lock the motor against tampering with, providing theown-J a 1 wigs... 5

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to provide an improved hood lock which is controlled solely 'from the inside of the "car.

It has another object, to eliminate the unsightly hood fastenings which are ordinarily used. When the car is an enclosed car, this hood er of the car looks the door when leaving same.

Another feature of the invention is that when thecontrol device on the instrument board is operated, the hood is automatically sprung open; this will be more fully explained in the specification following; .In the drawings: a

Fig. lie at side elevation of the forward part ofthe car showing the hoodand some of the lock connections in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a view of the instrument board showing the control members for the hood mounted thereon.

Fig. 3 is a section takenon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a side elevationof the lower portionbof the hood and the hood sill strip or 1am Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5--5 ofv Flg. 4.

Fig. '6 is a longitudinal section through the hood wing jamb showing the sliding I lock.

r Fig. 7.18 a section taken on theline 7- 7 Fig.8 isfa section'taken onthe same 'line showing the hood wing released. v

Fig. 9 is a section taken. on the1ine-v9- -9 v v Fig 10 is a section taken on the li ne Fig. aisectiqihv taken line. 1 Of Fig. 5. I

I The radiator is designated 'd,,. the cowl I b andjthe hood in general 0. The hood. wing is designated and;isY 'provided- .with the usual louvres d. This hood is quite different from the conventional design as the rear the dash, is released.

end of the hood is considerably to' the rear of the das'h, shown in dotted lines as e. The bottom line of the hood wing'is considerably above the chassis sill bar contrary to the ordinary construction. The sheet metal that forms the cowl continues down to the sill bar and then runs forward below the hood Wing forming what I call a hood'sill f for want of a better name. -The. top of this sill is inset to form a hood wing jamb h. This jamb has the metal turned over into a loop 9 to forma lock guide for the sliding lock bolt 2'. This sliding lock bolt 71 is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 so that its relative length with respect to the hood will be apparent.

Now, referring to Fig. 4 it will be seen that this lock guide is provided with a pair of openings 7'; these are arranged to fit the beveled strikers which are welded onto the is secured to the pin pat the center of the lock bar. This pin protrudes through the slot 9, and the pull wire then runsrearwardly and upwardly through the flexible tube '7- to the instrument board, where a button 8 is located one on each end of the instrument board.

. When one desires to open the hood heuntil the inclined surfacetengages the roll a as shown by the dotted lines of Fig. '6.

This serves tolift. the lock bolt in its guide against the resistance of the. spring This lifting position is shown in-thedotted lines of Fig. 6. This obviously lifts the latch bolt so that it clears the shoulder m of the striker, The flat springs m. thenthrust 0n .theinside of the hood wing and forces the simply pulls on either button: this through t the wire 0 pulls the sliding bolt backwardly hood I wing out, thereby automatically .opening the hood when the control-wmemberaon It will be'apparent from the above description that this form of hood lock has g guide, and a slidable lock bolt in said guide 7 2ohood, a sill .forming' a hood wing jamb and a bolt guide, :a sliding bolt in said guide, means urgin numerous. features. In the first place it is easily controlled from the dash with a single operation; The hood then opens automatically, which is a desirable thing in drawing up to a gasoline station or when a woman, fen instance, deslres to have access to the 'hood. Furthermore by having the control in the car, if the cardoors are locked the" hood is then absolutely locked against tampering and the motor is thereby protected.

' Furthermore the locking devices arecom-- pletelyconcealed and the ordinary unsightly'h-ood clamps are completely eliminated.

What I claim is: I a v r 1. In an automobile, the combination of a hood, provided with a swinging hood wing, a 8111 having a turned over portion forming a hood wing-jamb and a lock-bolt for providing a concealed lockfor the hood.

2. In an automobile, the combination of a hood provided-with a swinging hood wing, asill having a turned over portion. forming a hood .wing jamb and a lock-bolt guide, a

slidable lock bolt in said'guide' for provid- 4 ingia concealed lockfor thehood, means for yieldingly urging said boltinto locking osition and means for. releasing-said lock olt passing under the hood'and the cowl to the interior of the car. 7

3.;In an automobile, the combination, a

provided with a swinging hood wing, aving a looped over piece of metal 'said'bolt into locking position said bolt an guide provided with openings, one or more beveled strikers projecting. inwardly and secured to the hood wing and -adapted to en-.

gage in said openings and to be caught by the bolt when the hood .wing is swung against the jamb, and -means for sliding said bolt to release said strikers.

4. In an automobile, the combination. of

'a swingin hood wing, a sill provided with a bolt guifie runnin lengthwise of the sill,

I a spring-urgedbe t of relatively great inside of the hood win a swingin hood wing, a sill-provided with a bolt guide, a-bolt slidable in the guide,

one or more striker-son the inside-of the hood'wing arranged to be caught by the bolt, means for moving the bolt to release the strikers and means for automatically thrusting the hood wing out 'when' the striker is released.

. 6-. In an automobile, the combination of,

a hood wind adapted-to swing, asill, means concealedbehin the sill and hood wing for'locking the hood wing thereto, means for releasing said lock, and meansior automatically thrusting. thehood wing out-when the lock-is released. 7. In an automobile, the combination of a swinginghood wing, a sill, a sliding lock bolt, astriker on the inside of the hood wing arranged to be caught by the lock bolt, means for sliding the bolt to [release the striker and a s ring for-thrusting thehood wing outwar ly,when' the striker is released.

8. an automobile, the combination of a swmging hood wing, a sill, a ide thereinclined surface, a strikeron the inside of the hood wing projecting inwardly and arranged to be caught by the bolt, a spring for drawing the bolt forward, means ex 1 on, a bolt slidable therein provi ed with any tending to the exterior 'of the car fordrawj ing the bolt rearwardly, and a member which the inclined'surface of the-bolt strikes when drawn rearwardly to lift the boltand' release the striker. I

9. In an automobile, the combination of a swinging hood win a sill, a bolt guide thereon, a sliding bo t, a spring stressing forwardly, a-beveled striker on the inside of the hood win arranged to be caught bythe bolt, means y which-the bolt maybe 'drawn; rearwardly, means which the bolt encounters when drawn rearwardly. to raise v the same-and thus release the striker, and

a spring'on the sill bearing against the hood wing to automatically thrust the hood wing out when the striker is released.

.10. In an automobile, the combination ofa swingin hood wing, a sill provided with a bolt gulde, a sliding bolt guided-therein and also capable of .a limited lifting movement therein, means for urging the bolt I intolocking position, an inwardly'projectingstriker supported on the inside of the hood wing and arranged to drive throughthe bolt to lift the-same to pass to locking position, andmeans for slidingrthe bolt lengthwise and for'lifting the bolt at the same timeto release the, striker.

- 11. In an autorn' bile, the combination of a sill, a relatively longsliding bolt guided lengthwise of the sill adjacent thereto, a

hinged hood wing'provided with a plural- 'ity of inwardly directed strikers pointing inwardly in the general direction inwhich the free end of the hood wing'swin said strikers arranged to engage there atively long sliding bolt and temporarilv displace" the same to pass to lockingposition, and means for manuallygsliding thebolt to release the strikers.

'In'testimo'n whereof I affix'my si' 'ature.

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